Rice Lake BCi Belt Scale - Installation & Operation Manual Version 2.00 - Manual (Page 51)

BCi Installation & Operation Manual - Supervisor Mode Parameters 45
4.52 Analog 1 Mode
Three settings are available with this parameter. They
are:
• Rate - Tracks to the maximum rated
capacity of the belt scale (see Section
4.2).
• Load - Tracks to the maximum total cell
build of the system (see Section 4.4)
• Speed - Tracks to the maximum speed
value (see Section 4.36)
4.53 Analog 2 Mode
Three settings are available with this parameter. They
are:
• Rate - Tracks to the maximum rated
capacity of the belt scale (see Section
4.2).
• Load - Tracks to the maximum total cell
build of the system (see Section 4.4)
• Speed - Tracks to the maximum speed
value (see Section 4.36)
4.54 Setting Time and Date
Press the Time/Date softkey from the supervisors mode
to access this parameter. The BCi prompts Enter Date
X X / X X / 2 0 X X M M D D Y Y = > . Enter in a new date in
MMDDYY format and press enter . The integrator then
prompts Enter Time XX:XX AM/PM HHMM . Enter in a new
time in 24 hour format and press enter .
4.55 Interfacing a PLC to the Belt Scale
System
Within the BCi , there are setpoints which contain four
numeric variables:
• Value (target)
• Bandwidth
• Preact
• Hysteresis
These setpoints can be written and read by a user
program. They can also be read or written from a
PLC. The command for a write value is a 304 and a
read value is a 320. The other write values are 305,
306, and 307 for the hysteresis, bandwidth and preact.
The read values are 321, 322, and 323. You will only
be using the value variables in each setpoint.
The only step in the setpoint menu of the BCi is to
enable the setpoints to a Gross (KIND) and they will
be ready to act as “mailboxes”.
The following setpoints will contain these values from
the variable needed in the belt scale:
Setpoint
Value Description
SP4 Clear totalizer any non-zero value.
SP97 Return belt speed
SP98 Return TN/HR (rate)
SP99 Return load
SP100 Return totalizer value
Table 4-1. Setpoint Values